Basic Information
- Early Roman Cremations
Sub Groups
Group Description
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- Truncated by cut [1139], was cremation urn burial 1140. Identified bones included rib and a possible long bone. The different forms of pottery are indicative of several previous cremations scooped up from the pyre, and it was filled with occasional bone is blueish-white within the fill with (1153). Cut [1154] was cut into (1204), the fill of Roman I pit [1205]. Context [1205], the cut of fairly small pit, was dug into (1206). This was sampled as a possible un-urned or redeposited, but the amount of bone surviving was negligable. Context [1207] was dug into the natural gravels of the site area, and was one of the earliest features in this area of the site.
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- Chaz Morse
- 24-10-2011
Dating Information
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- The ceramics recovered from these features were dated to 50-200AD.
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- Chaz Morse
- 24-10-2011